> Hello tbudl,
> OK, a RegEx question:
> I am receiving hundreds of spam messages that contain the following
> text, with the numeric part in the brackets varying endlessly -
> "Re: [1/53]: Reday 2 Odrer olinne"
> How do I pattern match the "[1/53]" and all the endless numeric and
> text variations to send them expeditiously to my spam folder? I've
> read the help files and just can't seem to get it right. The brackets
> and the numbers combination vary, with up to 3 numeric characters
> either side of the forward slash.
\[[0-9]{1,3}\/[0-9]{1,3}\]
Match the character "[" literally «\[»
Match a single character in the range between "0" and "9" «[0-9]{1,3}»
Between one and 3 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy) «{1,3}»
Match the character "/" literally «\/»
Match a single character in the range between "0" and "9" «[0-9]{1,3}»
Between one and 3 times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy) «{1,3}»
Match the character "]" literally «\]»
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http://www.regular-expressions.info/
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Marten Gallagher
Annery Kiln Web Design
www.annerykiln.co.uk
Using The Bat! 3.5.25
with POPFile 0.22.1
on Windows XP 5.1
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